The EL Alliance is Off to a Great Start! Tapia Celebration and Presentations

From the EL Alliance Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 1

Dear Empowering Leadership Alliance Community,

On behalf of the EL Alliance Leadership Team and our partners, I’m happy to welcome you to the first edition of our EL Alliance newsletter, which will be coming to you each month to provide announcements about EL Alliance activities, information about career opportunities, suggestions about ways to be involved, and news from the broader computing community.

The first months of the EL Alliance were a firestorm of activity, establishing our plans for the Alliance and leading up to several significant activities at the Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing in Orlando, Florida this October, where we were delighted to meet with hundreds of students and faculty with a vested interest in the EL Alliance. We’ve also launched our mentoring program, which matches protégés to mentors for Internet-based mentoring. All of these initiatives are described in greater detail in this newsletter and on our Website, http://www.empoweringleadership.org.

I’ve been writing articles and giving presentations lately on the issues facing minority students and faculty. You may be interested to read my article that appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled “True Diversity Doesn't Come From Abroad,” or reviewing the study of faculty at the top 100 university departments by Donna Nelson of the University of Oklahoma, entitled “A National Analysis of Minorities in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities” (see both under "Resources" on the EL Alliance Website). I joined Dr. Nelson and spoke about her findings at a Newsmaker Media Briefing at the National Press Club in Washington, DC in October.

The EL Alliance is off to a great start—more than 100 students from across the country have registered to date--and your participation is important. We want to hear from you about your experiences at your home institution, and get your feedback on the progress of the EL Alliance. We’ll be in contact from time to time on specific issues, but you can always write to us at info@empoweringleadership.org

On behalf of the EL Alliance leadership and partners, welcome. We’re looking forward to a highly charged EL Alliance year in 2008!

Sincerely,
Richard A. Tapia
Principal Investigator, EL Alliance

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